2024-06-282024-06-28Tea Culture, Tea Education, Tea News Tetsubin 鉄瓶 Tetsubin – literally “iron pot” (鉄瓶), is a Japanese cast iron kettle used for boiling water for tea. Their very first appearance […]
2024-03-262024-04-01Tea News New Way of Brewing Tea – Tokine (刻音) Very often we are posed with the question: are there any new – more modern – ways of brewing tea in Japan? […]
2023-06-282023-06-29Tea Culture Izushiyaki 出石焼 In Hyōgo prefecture there is small old town named Izushi. It has the old castle ruins, a shrine, a torii gate… and […]
2023-01-312023-03-31Tea Events, Tea News Lễ Hội Trà Việt: the first Vietnam Tea Festival in Hoi An From the 30th December 2022 to the 1st January 2023, the city of Hội An (fittingly, the name translates as “peaceful meeting […]